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RACE REPORT, continued
surrounds the crowd, and we were now a part of
it. Check-in went smoothly but was rather slow.
You’d think they’d get this down pat by now. We
got our swim cap, timing chip, race bibs/stickers and five race bags (five race bags… seems
a bit excessive, but more on that later). They
put on your bracelet and from that point on,
you’re doing your best to make sure everyone
you pass by during the next three days sees it.
Yes, I’m an athlete… oh, you don’t have a
bracelet?... too bad for you. Aren’t I special?!
We shopped at the severely over-priced
Ironman merchandise store, of course, and then
decided to see a movie to get our minds off of
the race. Turns out the movie theater near the
Village has those comfy, reclining la-z-boy type
chairs; at $7 a ticket, I felt like I had won the
lottery. Sleep didn’t come easy that night, but I
was sort of expecting restlessness. We were up
early Friday morning to do a short bike ride and
met Marc’s parents, sister and Austin back at the
hotel. We wanted to be sure to attend one of
the many athlete briefings and so we did at
about 2pm. We ended up walking around a lot
more than anticipated so we decided to see
another movie on Friday night. Not such a great
night as the movie was terrible and we were
exhausted. Another restless sleep.
We planned to do a short bike and run on
Saturday, but were on the fence about the practice swim. We heard that the water was unusu-
ally warm but people were talking about the
possibility of getting sick from drinking the
nasty water. If you’re not familiar with the swim
at IMAZ, it’s in Temple Town “Lake,” which isn’t
a lake. It’s a canal and the water is… er, cloudy.
After hearing that the low water level made the
swim exit difficult, we decided to go ahead and
do the swim. We meandered down to the water’s
edge. There was a two-hour window to swim but
our plan was to take only a short dip. Various
wetsuitted athletes were walking around, chatting about water temperature and how DARK the
water was. It’s something you don’t think about
during training, but the camaraderie during an
Ironman is GREAT. Striking up conversations
with strangers is routine—we have so much in
common and talking about our shared experience seemed to calm everyone’s nerves, including mine. The swim was uneventful… a little
chilly but nowhere near the announced 70
degrees. And it was super-dark… I could see
from my shoulder to my elbow… no hands!
Gladly, the swim exit wasn’t as difficult as I had
thought; the first step out was even with the
water surface, so we’d have to rely on volunteers to pull us up. The swim is my weakest
event by far, so the practice helped ease my
mind.
After the swim, we marched back to my notso-cool, yet extremely useful minivan to
retrieve the bikes. We did a short 25 minute ride